DIY White Pumpkin Fall Wreath

It’s Fall Y’all, are you ready? Nope? Me neither. But ready or not fall is here! So today I’m teaming up with 17 of my blogger friends for a fall wreath blog hop. 17 fall wreath ideas should help us get into the spirit of fall don’t you think? For my wreath creation, I decided to pass on the traditional fall colors and create a neutral toned white pumpkin fall wreath. Leaving out the orange is my secret protest for summer abandoning us. Shhhh, don’t tell fall.

White Pumpkin Wreath Supplies…

To make my wreath I started with a simple grapevine wreath.

Ok truth be told, I didn’t start with a simple grapevine wreath. I started by pulling up all the wreathy like supplies from my basement and dumping them on every possible flat surface in my kitchen. Once my kitchen was successfully trashed to the level of kitchen trashing overachiever, I then settled on a simple grapevine wreath. Feel free to skip the kitchen trashing step.

The next step was to eradicate the orange from the fake pumpkins and leaves I found in my craft stash. To do this, I gave the pumpkins and oak leaves a light coat of white spray paint.

When I brought the pumpkins back in the house, removed the stems and set them on a wire (cut up coat hanger) to make it easier to paint them. Then with craft chalk paint, I painted them blue, cream and a coral orange color. When the pumpkins were dry, I added a second white wash coat of paint to mute the color even more and create that milky effect. I also made sure I got lots of paint on my hands and arms. You can skip this step too but you may not feel as artsy without it.

The final step in the pumpkin preparation was to hot glue the stems back on and replace the heavy wire with a thin wire and more hot glue. The thin wire will help when you are ready to secure the pumpkins to the grapevine form.

Next, I grabbed a few magnolia leaves and gave them a coat of chalk paint. To create the white washed look, I painted the tops of the leaf and then wiped off the excess paint with a paper towel.

Fall Wreath Assembly

Before I began wiring and gluing items, I tucked little pieces of moss in the grape vine wreath and set out the leaves and pumpkins to get an idea of how it will all look.

Don’t forget to leave room for a bow. Check out my bow tutorial if you need help.

Jen, I am not ready for fall yet either. Where the heck did the summer go? For that matter did we already have spring? LIfe is moving too fast here, I can’t catch up. I love orange, honest I do. It’s one of my favorite colors. But for me, it’s a bit played out as fall decor. So I really love this wreath. I never thought about actually covering it up with paint. DUH! I paint everything else, why not pumpkins? The colors are so lovely, and it’s fall like without being cliche, the best kind! xx

Hi Jenny,
You did an amazing job transforming the traditional orange pumpkins into something stunning. This wreath looks absolutely beautiful on your front door. Oh…and I start every project the same way. Everything comes out as I sort through what I am going to use. The house always looks worse before it can look better. 🙂

Hey there girlfriend! Like there was ever a doubt, but your wreath is gorgeous! Love the muted tones, especially against your front door. It’s that kismet thing, meant to be. And just the wee bit of the brighter green peaking out is perfect!
Lovely, Lovely!
Wishing you a fantastic weekend.
Hugs, Lynn

Jenny, I love, love, love your colors for your wreath! It looks awesome hanging on your door, too! And, I totally agree…I do not feel artsy if I am not covered in paint, and I don’t think you can be creative without making a mess!

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I’m Jenny and this is my corner of the world to share my love of all things creative and slightly silly. I’m a wife, mother of boys, artist and homemaker extraordinaire. Okay so I may have exaggerated on my homemaking skills but I’m pretty good at those other things! This blog is my hit and miss adventures and the crafty crap I make. I hope you will follow along, laugh with me and possibly find some inspiration of your own.